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ITEMS.
Twenty-two ladies ami gentlemen
have been confirmed at Grace Chinch,
San Francisco, by the Jit. Rev. Bish
op Kipp.
Seventy-two persons of the age of
seventy years and upwards, died in
the city of Providence, R. I., during
the year 185 9.
A very heart-rending affair recently
occurred at Mount Vernon. A lactv
was found weeping bitterly at the ice
house, mistaking it for the tomb of
Washington.
Frnnkliu, on hearing the remark
that what was lost on the earth went
to the moon, observed that there must
be a deal of good advice accumulated
there.
George Washington May, late lieu-
The London Times contains a pow
erful leader advocating a grant of
£10,000,000 sterling for the defense
of England. It isn't ai all apprehen
sive about Louis Napoleon, but thinks
the works are necessary for future as
well as present generations.
A gentleman who writes to us from
Paris, under the date of December 7,
iuforms us that he dined with Mr. Ten
Brook, in Paris, on the 3d, and learned
from him that he stood to win $300,
000 upon bis American horse 'Umpire'
for the next Derby, at an outlay of
83,000. By this it appears that" Mr.
Ten Brock was shrewd enough to get
all his bets "on" early, when his un
known colt stood discredited at the
rate of 100 to 1.— Wilkes Spirit.
The bill abolishing slavery ia Ne
braska, passed the Territorial Legisla
ture on the 3d inst. It was expected
that Gov. Black would veto it. The
Ml providing for a constitutional con
vention passed the House on the same
day.
In tho Missouri legislature on the
11th, a bill banishing free negroes
under the alternative of becoinin
slaves, which had already passed the
Sonate, was passed by the House.
On board the steamer Milwaukee
there is an Australian curiosity—noth
ing less than an Australian laughing
jackass. The animal belongs to the
feathered tribe, has feathers, wings,
and a long beak, is about the size "of
An tagle-hnwk, and is found nowhere
else but on the Australian continent.
Jt laughs like an old woman, and in
the Australian forests at night, it has
led many a wayfarer in search of an
old lady in such a lonely condition.—
This animal and the flying squirrel
have many conflicts together, in whiel
the jackass is generally victorious
On the same ship there are some of
the peculiar ring-tailed doves of the
country. -San Francisco Herald.
A brigand has been captured in
Sardinia, who is known to have per-
Jowed
)ctrated sixty murders. He was fol
at all times bv three enormous
mastiffs, fed, according to the tradi
tion of tho peasantry, upon human
flesh.
Joseph C. Baldwin, one of the Chief
Justices ot the Supreme Court of Cal
ifornia, and now a prominent candi
date for the United States Senate
from that State, is the author of tin
well-known book called Simon Suggs
The Ne Haven Register says that
the valuable library of the late poet,
Dr. James G. Percival, of that city,
has been sent to Messrs. Leonard &
Co., of Boston, by whom it will be
disposed of, for account of the mort
gages, at public auction. It contains
upward of ten thousand volumes, and
is variously apprised at from $10,000
to §30,000.
The officers of tho steamboat Ceres,
arrived last evening from the Attaka
pas, via Bayou Plaquemines, and re
port that on Wednesday last, Old river
had ice half an inch thick in it, all
along the shore, and in several places
the stream was iced over completely.
This is a novelty in our section of the
world.—Ar. O. Picayune, 3MA wft.
An exchange thus computes th
twine of cotton seed as a source of
oil, and cattle feed A crop of 3,000,
000 bales of cotton as 500 pounds to
the bale is 1,800,000,000 lbs of fibre,
the cotton seed of which would be
3,960*000,000 pounds or 1,080,000 tuns
3,930,000 pounds is equal to 1,980,
000,000* pounds of kernel, which will
give 87,120*000 gallons of oil, or 7G2,
800 tuns of oil cake. Value 87,120,
000 gallons of oil at one dollar per
gallon, $87,120,000 762,800 tuns of
oit cake at $25 per tun, $19,057,000.
Total, $106,177,000.
The total amount of gold and silver
Som
'clded'by all the mines in the world,
the birth of Christ down to the
jcar 1856, has been estimated at six
ttent thousand two hundred and nine
million*, two hundred thousand.
Heenan tho- "Bt
N York on the
nicia Boy," left
th inst., on the
steamer Asia, for England, to prepare
for the fight with Tom Savers, cham
pion of England. The match is to
take place on the 16th of next April.
Native iron has been discovered in
but very few parts of the world. Spec
imens have been found in Austria
and in Canaan, Conn., there exists a
.^seam of native iron, two inches in
thickness, from whi#h horse-nails have
been forged.
One contented with what he has
done, stands but a small chance of be
coming famous for what he will do.
He has lain down to die—the grass is
already growing over him.
THE SENTINEL.
PUBLISHED BY
I I I I I & A I N N I S
"^sssstar.
RED WINCT, MTNTN*.. JAN. 21,Wo.
W I I A O I FT, EDITOR
tenant in the U. S. army, died in the counties, they took upon themselves to rep
city of Ne York on the 8th inst.—
Mr. May distinguished himself at the
battles of Palo Alto, liesaca De La
Palma, the taking of Monterey, the
siege of Vera Cruz, and the battle of
Cerro Gordo.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
This body assembled at St. Paul on the
12th inst., as per progmniuo. .Mustering,
including those who did not' reside in the
resent, and in other instances allo\vihg:one
person to represent the whole delegation of
count}'—112 votes. This result, as well as
the general character of the proceedings, are
what might have been expected, when the
Pioneer as uroed its position as the specia1
champion of Senator Douglas, and waged
without remorse, a war of extermination
upon Senator Rico and Joe Brown.
Now any one acquainted with the history
of our State would smile to think of Earle
Goodrich, trying to play a political game- of
chess with Joe Brown, and Joe's risibility
must have been particularly excited when
the Earle commenced the game by most fe
rociously exposing the nigger in the fence
contained in that indefinite call for the
State Convention of last August, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the
State offices and transacting such other bu
siness as may come before it." Yes, there
was some great villainy to be transacted.
The Administration, represented by Joe as
Chairman of the Committee, was going to
have that Convention, elect delegates to
Charleston." To le sure a great many good'
Democrats asked why not What bet
ter time can there be for it than when the
whole State is represented and the success
of tho party depends materially upon the
hearty endorsement of Senator Douglas
But that didn't suit the Earl's plans and
Joe Brown was obliged—so as *o postpone—
tha "such other business" until the middle
of winter, when there would be but a small
representation) of the people, while the office
holders would of course all turn out—to
back down and disclaim any such intention,
and the earl had accomplished the first of
his brilliant manoeuvres against the Adminis
tration.
The next move was to kill off Senator
Rice in like manner—and so he was blowed
sky-high, for expressing the opinion to some
one before election, that the Republicans
would carry the State. He was all kinds of
traitors and villains, and the Democracy
could lay its defeat to this base betrayal.
Now this adroit move puzzled the party
and tickled Joe Brown still more. This
'base betrayal" was not heard of until after
election, and, therefore, could not have done
very much harm. Senator Rice had long
been regarded as the head man, and his im
portant services had been the great argu
inent in '57, and was considerably used in
'59. To be sure he had, since his electionon
to the Senate, seen fit to tako a course—
openly and above board—by which an im
portation of foreign office holders had been
prevented—and so far as his branch- of the
Congress was concerned, very many im
portant measures for the benefit of Minne
sota, carried. But with this no fault could
be found, especially, as it was generally un
derstood that, personally, ho was on good
terms with Douglas, and favorable to his
nomination for the Presidency. But this,
as well as all his past course, was but a sham
and so the Earl, without the last compunc
tion, made way with h'm.
Next, the Convention is called in the dead
of winter -on-some cold and blustering af
ternoon or evening,, little caucuses are held
in private offices throughout the sovcral
counties—and the delegates appointed.—
Thev meet. The office holders and office
seekers are all there, and first after a stormy
and terrific debate—during which Joe Brown
does nothing but laugh—the Pioneer is again
victorious, and the agitated waters have set
tled down- upon the following resolutions
RESOLVED, that Stephen A. Douglas, of
Illinois, is the first choice of the Democratic
Party of the State of Minnesota, for the
Presidency in I860.
RESOLVED, That our d- legates to Charles
ton are expected, ns an expression of the
will of the Democracy of Minnesota, to sup
port him, as such, so long, as such support
may prove available- to him-and for the gen
eral interests of the Democratic party.
RESOLVED, That the Democratic party of
this State will cordially support the nominee
of the Democratic Conven ion at Charles
ton.
RESOLVED, That we affirm, re-iterate, and
fully endorse the Democratic platform adopt
ed by the National Democratic Convention
at Cincinnati, in 1856 that we acquiesce
in the Dred Scott decision, and that we are
opposed to all attempts to re-open the
African Slave trade as disgraceful to the
age and country.
RESOLVED, That under the Constitution,
the citizens of one State cannot interfere with
tho domestic institutions of another Stato,
and that any such interference is an attack
upon the peace safety and dignity of every
^SS^^MM^:^^*^-£SSS^tS-2&^^
with indignation and abhorrence, not only
the treasonable participators in the recent
invasion of the soil of Viaginin, at Harper's
Perry, but all others,, who, by sustaining,
excusing, or palliating the offence, aid and
comfort insunecsion and sedition.
Are they not truly funny Joe Brown
endorse the Cincinnati platform and a^u'-l
esce in the Dred Scott decision." Which
version of that platform? Mr. Buchanans n]en
first—or the ono he holds at present
Whose construct on of tho Dred Scott decis
ion Judge Douglas' or Judge Black's
Of course the delegate of the Convention can
support which version they please. And
even though they had been required to, or
do vote for Douglas, so long as he shall be a
candidate, by opposing his platform, they can
drive him from the field. The fiuncomb
winding up with the African Slave trade and
Harper's Ferry serves to highten the ludic
rous effect as a whole. In fact they present
a perfect impeisonation of Joo Brown in his
jolliest mood.
Of course a set of delegates to match this
beautiful platform must be selected. Demo
cratic Conventions are always consistent, and
therefore, assuming this Douglas pla form as
a basis, one can readily imagine their pecu
liar proclivities. A majority should be firm,
reliable Administration men* There should
be a sprinkling of two or three horse riders,
and one. or one and a half, Douglas men*—
and accordingly the following named gents
were elected
Geo. Becker, Gov. Sibley, Judge Edger
ton, and S. M. Fridley Ex-Congressmen
Phelps and Cavanaugh, and Gov. Gorman
and Secretary ltosscr. Of these, the first
four are avowed Administration men. Our
two ex-Congressmen, while in office, rode
the Lecompton horse in Washington, and
the anti-Lecompton horse at home, and even
with this stretched out foundation were
about to lose their balance, by ono horse go
ing too fast, when a third—the Compromise
horse—came between just in time to save
them. Although he is a steady old nag, yet
he may, as they arc unused to single horse
acts, throw them off before long.
As for Gov. Gorman and his secretary,
although ranting Douglas men to quote$2,00),000,
the Pioneer, "4they have always done more
harm than good to everybody they have
been connected with," and the introduction
of the above platform by the Governor shows
that even his great hobby, Squatter Sov
ereignty is not to stand in the way of his
own glorification.
Of course the adoption of the above plat
form and these delegates is another of the
Pioneer's brilliant Douglas triumphs, and
as such is announced with a great flourish
of trumpets and agony of exultation over
Senator Rice and Joe Brown. What
is Brown doing now laughing?? or does
the Pioneer's impudence astonish even him
As for the party, if it can long survive such
victories or defeats, it is because an Allwise
Providence,, that overrules all things for
good has ordained the Democratic party
in the future as in the past to preserve and
perpetuate this union.
CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLAT
IVE SUMMARY.
COXGRESS.—No speaker yot. The Re
publicans are beginning to agitate the ques
tion of presenting another candidate in
place of Sherman.
LEGISLATURE:.—This body has concluded
to set until next July,, doing nothing. We
give below a specimen of their performance
the Bill for establishing the State Prison
at Red Wing. This city is not very anxious
for the success of tho measure, for its evils
would probably, in the long run, counterbal
ance its benefits. But it is a burning shame
that the State University, the State Prison,
and the State Capital are all situated within
a plat of ground not twenty miles square.—
At least the first two of these three should
be moved to the we»t side of the river. The
great .'greediness always displayed by St
Anthony in the matter of the University,
the-hundred thousand dollars of which she
has plundered the State in order to retain
it, with nothing but a great ugly useless pile
of stones to show for it, should more than
counterbalance the claims given by its ro
raantic situation—which, by-the-by, are
more than equalled by many other towns in
Southern- Minnesota.
As for Stillwater, no penal laws should be
made so cruel as to condemn a human being
to confinement within the limits of such an
abominable filthy and vile place. Humani
ty, aside from the claims of other places,
should dictate the immediate removal of the
Prison
Here is the Minnesota legislation we re
fered to—two months of such proceedings
ought certainly to be enough:
The Senate went into the Committee, of
the Whole, Mr. Andrews in the chair.
The buncombe bill introduced by Mr.
McLaren, for the location of a State Prison,
at Red Wing, in Goodhue county, was re-again,
considered.
Mr. PETTIT moved that wherever Red
Wing occurs that Owatonna be substituted,
except in the seventh section by which
all expenses would be paid by the citizens
of Red Wing.
Another Senator moved that wherever
the word Red occurs, that the word Crow
be substituted.
Mr. McLaren implored the Senate no
to kill the bill by the amendments proposed
Mr. BALDWIN moved that before the
word Crow the- word Black ba inserted,
Mr RoBrssosr moved that when the com
mittee rise, the bill be referred to the war
den of the Penitentiary.
MR. HEATOX moved that it 03
The bill after a few more amendments and
motions of like character, was referred to
the Committee on Indian affairs.
SPURGEON.—The Union, (England), the
chief organ of the Tractarians, has the fol
lowing curious parasrranh It is stated on
sticksout mevery section of them. Thai good authority thai Mr. C. II Spurgeon
delegates are to support Douglas, so long as made, about Ihree weeks ago, a formal re
that support will be available ani (n»t ,^-!antation of the extreme Calvinist tenets
this time) for the weral interest of the nar- I*ad hitherto preaching. He
txr TI,.» :. .i„.. r* 'sawJ
party will support the nomineew And now
at a
ty That is, they a.e to support Douglas or(he had done, had been doubtless grevious
not, as they shall think fit. stumbling Hocks in the way of many pious
Then, in the next clause, it don't make!and. earnest persons, and that the only amend
any difference who they support for the
we come to the Democratic principles. "We'false doctrines again."
fa
others who had taught as
a 0 0 a a
7 Crr
Pubr'icn-
°r'
a a
-ana now tee that he would never propagate similar
l'UOM WASHINGTON.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The Tribune cor
No post office scrip for
th quarter ending December 31st, has been
issued, though many accounts are adjusted.
Bankers refuse any further purchase, owing
to the uncertainty of the House organizing.
In cases wh re contractors have thrown up
mails, Mr. Holt has directed new arrange
ments to be made at the samo prices, with
generally a substitution of weekly for tri
weekly service.
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Information is received from Mexico that
Miramon has organized a force of over 3,000
men for the purpose of attacking Vera Cruz,
with confident expectations of carrying it,
and terminating the struggle.
Mr. McLane's treaty was obtained after
earnest resistance by Juarez, as a last alter
native for preserving his position.
Lcrdo had been sent here for the purpose
of raising money and failed. Mr. Belmont
to whom application had been made, condi
tionally promised, if the treaty was made
and ratified by the Senate, advances might
be obtained under that prospect.
Mr. McLanc succeeded when it was least
expected, and when Senor Mata, Juarez's
representative here, was about giving up his
residence, he having abandoned all hope.
The Virginia Legislature has appointed a
joint committee to receive Mr. Memmincr,
the commissioner from South Carolina, who
is expected to arrive here on Tuesday even
ing next.
Tho New Orleans PickayUne of the 8th
inst., says that Assistant Postmaster Gener
al King has written a letter to the Postmas
ter of New Orleans instructing him, as the
distance from New Orleans to San Francis
co overland, via San Antonio, is less than
3,000 miles, to charge only single postage
(3 cents) on letters by that route.
The Herald correspondent Bays The
Pennsylvania Republican delegation, under
the lead of Senator Cameron, wa ted upon
Senator Seward to-day, and severally paid
their respects to him.
The national Union) committee met last
night and completed their national commit
tee.
The receipts into the treasury for the last
week for customs and treasury notes, are
which added to the amount on
hand in the previous week makes upwards
of $6,5UO, subject to draft.
Reliable letters from Sonora says, that
CapL Porter's mission there, is a failure, he
having been overreached by Governor Per
quira, and his Secretary of State, and that
nothing better need be expected, uuless our
government shall enforce reparation for the
outrages committed on Copt. Ewcll.
Influential Mexicans were so anxious to
learn the views of President Buchanan, with
regard to the establishment of military posts
in Chihuahua, that they mado arrangments
to express his message from El Paso to
Chihuahua city in 36 hours.
The people of Arazonia, at last accounts,
were discussing the question of a provisional
government, or distinct organization from
New Mexico, in case Congress fails to estab
lish a territorial government for Arizona.
The reports from the mining counties, forbut
the last month, show increased yields in
silver.
Congress will be presented with evidence
that Arizona now contains a ponulation of
10,000.
UTILIZATION OF THE TIDES.
Dr. Seguin, of Paris, proposes a novel
and ingenious application of the tides as a
motive power applicable to machinery and
agriculture. He proposes to construct, at
the water side,"two_ monstrous basins—one
being furnished with gates permitting the
entry of tide water but preventing its exit
the other having gates permitting the exit
and preventing the entrance from the tide.
By this means the first basin would be filled
with water at high tide, and the other
would be completely lowered to the level
off ebb tide. A canal or race being con
structed between the two basins, would
tnus become the seat of a continuous ac
tion, calm, as easily regulated and suscepti
ble of the same application as natural wa
ter courser. The only question to be set
tled in considering the applicability of the
scheme is its economy and upon this point
there may be possibld some doubt which
doubt, however could soon be solved by an
appeal to mathematics. Dr. Seguin propos
es, especially to apply the method to the
purification of the Thames.
THE LONDON TIMES ON THE EXE
CUTION OF JOHN BROWN.
The Times, in remarking upon the tolling
of bells and other public demonstrations, by
Northern Abolitionists, on the occasion of
John Brown's execution, says
What, then, is to be the lesson
learned from the recent demonstrations
The first thing that strikes us is that the
north did nothing until Brown was executed
and then it began to make speeches. This
certainly does not give us any exalted notion
of their zeal or determination of purpose.—
The idea of the Boston people preparing be
forehand a great meeting, engaging speakers
and seats, designing inscrip ions against the
day that Brown should be executed, and
when the telegraph brought the news of the
event, rushing to the hall and listening to
flowery speeches, as if horrified by a sudden
crime, mixes something of the ludicrous with
the tragic occurrence.
Bells were tolled probably in every town
in Massachusetts, and many throughout the
entire North. Yet we will venture to say
that in a few days everything was quiet
and John Brown, for whom parallels
were sought in history, sacred and profane,
was judged in his true light, as a courageous
old man, maddened by the partisan warfare
of the west, and whom it would have been
as well for the State of Virginia to pardon,
if possible. The truth is, that these meet
ings and demonstrations express only an im
pulse, and not a conviction of the Northern
le. There is not one American in a
thousand who would act on the principles
which were applauded in the Tremont
Pl.ce," and in a number of other places
after Brown's execution. Happily, for thelage
peace of society and the security of the re
public, there is a strong conservative feeling
throughout the Union, and Mr. Garrison's
'cheme for the secession of the Northern
States will find favor only with a narrow
clique oven in his own city. The central
States of the Union, such as New York and
Pennsylvania, will never permit the fanatics
of either North or South to imperil the fabric
of American nationality. But her interfer
ence will never be required, for even in Mas
sachusetts and South Carolinaextreme opin
ions are allowed expression only because
they are felt to be particularly harmless.—
These noisy and useless demonstrations of
so enlightened a community as that of New
England are however, not without their evil
effect. They embitter the slaveholders a
gainst the North, while they give them the
conviction that the north fears to oppose
them.
The Virginia authorities might have spar
ed Brown, had it not been openly boasted
in the frontier Free States that he should be
rescued on the very drop by an army of ab-
olitionists. Gov. Wise was told that he! THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER
dared not hang Brown that 5 000 freesoil-
ers could march from one end of Virginia to
the other that the negroes would be made
to rise in earnest this time, and soon. In
short, a section of families, in the name of
the North, threw out a challenge to the eft
tire South, and by so doing sealed Brown's
fate. Tho Virginians hanged the poor old
man, and the rescuers did not move, but
when the tragedy was complete began to in
dulge in the useless declamation we have
recorded. The result will be to strengthen
the South by the adhesion of that floating
mass of opinion which, in every country lies
between the two extremes. Whatever may
be the future of the negro race, no one in his
sober senses can believe that its regeneraiion
can be effected by inciting it to murder plan
ters and ravish their women and, if any
one chooses to head an outbreak of this kind,
he must expect to meet fate which right
thinking men will not glorify w.th the crown
of martyrdom
BONAPARTES LOVE LETTER.
T-IIij] COIHiNO PRIZE-FIGHT
ENGLAN!?.
A
The great Napolean, when absent on hisdiscovers
campaigns, used to write the most tender
love letters to his wife, Josephine. Here
is one of his short war notes:
"I write very often to you my dear love,
but very seldom hear from you. Perfidious?
Must be forfeit his right because he is far
away, burdened with difficulty care and
fatigue Without his Josephine, without
his assurance of her love, what remains for
him on earth? What can he do A. thous
and loving kisses. "BONAPARTE."
The next is curiously tender
"I do not love you one bit, on the con
trary I detest you. You are an ugly, stupid,
wicked hnssy. You never write to me,
and you do not love your husband. You
know the delight your letters afford me,
and you sent me only half a dozen hurried
lines. Pray madame what do you do with
yourself all day? What important busi
ness is it that prevents your writing to jrour
ond lover ?—what affection stifles and put*
aside the love, the tender and constant "love
you promised me Who can this new
wonder be, this new lover that absorbs all
your time, tyrannizes over your days and
prevents you from thinking of your husband?
Take care, Josephine, some fine night, the
doors closed ani I'll surprise you. But s«
riously I'm uneasy love, at receiving no news
of you write me four pages immediately,
full of those charming things that fill niy
heart with tenderness and delight. I hope
to embrace you before long, then I shall
coTer you with a million burning kisses
ANCIENT
Li.VlATiiANS.
From descriptions loft us, it appears *jhii
the ancients coustructed galleys of almost
fabulous sizo and accomodations some of
the galleys of which we have an History
must have been truly superb. Ptolemy
Philopatcr had one built which was lour
hundred and twenty feet long, and twenty
eight feet broad, and required a comple
ment of four thousand rowel's, four thous
and sailors, and three hundred soldiers
that of Ili'ero, constructed by the re
nowned Archimedes, consumed wood enough
to build sixty large galleys and it was
fitted up in a style that throws the most
of our vessels into the shade. There was
not only banquetting-rooins, galleries, baths,
library and a spacious gymnasium, finished
and furnished with the most admirable skill
and costly materials, with stables,fisb ponds,
mills and gardens, baths, library and a spa
cious gymnasium, finished and furnished
with the most admirable skill and costly
materials,with stables, fish-ponds, mills and
gardens but there was a temple of Venus,
fitted up in gorgeous style, the floor being
inlaid with precious stones, the walls of cy
press wood, ornamented with choice paint
ings and statues. The warlike appurtenances
of the marine monster were on a corres
ponding scale of formidable grandeur this
vessel was surrounded by iron bulwarks,
like a ramparts, massive, ar.d strengthened
with eiSht towers' and there were machines
on board sufficiently powerful to project a
stone three hundred lbs. in weigiit, or a
dart seventeen and a half feet long, to a dis
tance of half a mile.
IN-
The New York Clipper publishes the fid
lowing agreement for the coining match be
liveen Heenan snd Saycrs
Articles of agreement entered into, this
16th day of December, between Thomas
Sayers and John 3. Heenan
The said Thoinos Sayers agrees to fight
the said John C. Heenan, for £200 aside
and the champion's belt, according to the
rules of the ring of the Pugilistic Benevolent
Association, by which the said Thomas Say
ers and John C. Heenan mutually agree to
be bound. The said fight shall take place
on Monday, April lGth, 1860, within 100his
miles and ahove 20 miles from London. In
pursuance of this agreement, £100 a s'de
are now deposited in the hands of the editor
ot Bell's Life, who shall be final stakeholder.
The second deposit of £50 a side shall be
made at Nat Langham's Cambrian Stores,
Castle street, Leicester square, London, on
Wednesday, Feb, 22d, 1860. The last de
posit of £50 a side shall be made at Owen
Swift's Horse Shoe, Tichborne street, on
Friday, March 30th. The deposits shall be
made between the hours of 8 and 10 in the
evening, and the party failing in any deuosit
shall forfei: the whole of the money then
staked. The men shall be in the ring be
tween the hours of 12 and 1, or the man ab
sent shall forfeit the battle money. The
expenses of the ropes and stakes shall be
shared equally by the combatants. The ed
itor of BJIPS L'fe^in London to name tho
place of fighting and referee.
(Signed)JonN GIDEON, for Tom Sayers.
FKED. FALKLAND, for J.C. Heenan."
0^* In a Toronto paper under the matri
monial head, appears the following notice*.
"MARRIED.—By the Rev. John Brown,
Presbyterian Minister, residing at the vil
of Newmarket, township of White
church, C. W., at the residence of the bride's
father, Benjamin llewson, Toronto,- Orange
Brigade Drum Major,in full scarlet regiment
als with Orange sash, sword &c, to Flora,
eldest daughter of Mrs. Archibald McMillen,
of East Gwiliimbnry, C. W. When the
minister got through with the necessary
ceremony, by law established, with a very
appropriate lecture on the occasion, the
bridegroom immediately afterwntdsTequest
ed to add a few words on the subject, and
after he-had got the sanction of all invited
as- witnesses* drew his sword from the scab
bard, and giving it into the bride's hand,
said in the presence of all there assembled,
'I now authorize 3*ou my dear wife,to plunge
this naked sword in my breast in case you
find me unfaithful to the marriage tie now
taken place between me and you (as un
worthy of a moments longer existence
henceforth this sword will be placed at the
head of your bed at your service." All
present seemed very feelingly impressed on
the heariug of his heartfelt remarks, and sosaid
it ended."
burlesque tune, known as The Ar-
a S as
The narrator plays the air vehemently,
on a fiddle, for a short time, then relates a
portion of the story then again falls to
playing as if he had given his audience
enough of a good thinjr, for one time.
In the earlier days of the territory of Ar
kansas, where the settlements were few and
far between, an adventurous traveler from
one of the old States, while traversing the
swamps of that portion of the kedn'try,
gets lost, on a cold, rainy day, in the au-hue,
tumn of the year. After wandering till
evening, and despairing of finding a habita
tion, while searching for a place to camp, he
strikes a trail which seems to lead some
when and also hears in that direction the
h'dse of a fiddle.
Accordingly h? talus the trail, and soon
ahead of him, rising above the
timber, alight column of smoke, which he
knows comes from the cabin of a squatter.
As he approaches, he finds it to bo a log
cabin, ten logs high, and about ten feet
square—one side being roofed, and the oth
er only half-covered with boards. He also
sees the proprietor seated on an old whisky
barrel, near tho door, sheltered by a few
boards which project from the eaves, play
ing a tune, or rather the first snatch of a
tune, on an old fiddle.
After surveying the habitation and sur
rounding of "cotton-head" children, the
traveler rides up to see if he can get lodg
ings and the following dialogue ensues.
The hoosier, however, continuing to play
the same part over and over again, only
stopping to give short, indifferent replies to
the traveler's queries
TitAvi LER.—Good morning, sir
SQUATTER.—How d'ye do, sir
T. Can I get to stay all night with you
S. tio, sir.
T. Can't you give me a glass of some
thing to drink I'm very wet and cold.
S. I drank the last drop this morning.
T. Pm very hungry ain't had a thing
to eat to-day. Will you lot me have some
thing to eat
S. llavn't a darned thing in the house.
T. Then can't you give my horse some
thing
S. Got nothing to feed him on.
T. How far is it to the next house
S. Stranger, I don't know I've never
beon there.
T. Well, where do"s this road go to
S. It'.4 never beon anywhere si'.ieu I liva.l
here it's always here when 1 get up in
the morning.
T. As I am not likely to get to any other
house to-night, in't you let me sleep in
yours, and I'll tie in}' horse to a tiee and
do without anything to eat or diink
S. My hou-e leaks there's only one dry
spot in it. and vv and Sal sleeps on that.
T. Why don't you finish covering your
house and stop the leaks
S. It's raining.
T. Well, why don't you do it when it is
riot raining
S. Ii don't Ie then.
T. Well, as you hive nothing to eat or
drink in your house, and nothing alive about
your house but children, how do you do
here, anyhow
S. Potty well, I thank youi How'd-'ye
do yourself
T. (After trying in vain all sorts of ways
to extract some satisfactory information from
him.) My friend, why don't you play thi
whole of that tune
S. (Stops playing and looks up for the
first time.) I did not know that there was
any more to it. Can you play the fiddle,
stranger
T. I play a little, sometimes.
S. You don't look much like a fiddler,
(handing him the fiddle.) Will you play
the hal i.m'i of that tune
|The traveler gets down and plays* :hat tune.
S. Stranger, come in take half a dozen
chairs and sit down. Sal, go round into
the holler, where I killed that buck this
morning. Cut off .some of tho best pieces
and fetch it, and cook it for me and this
gentleman, directly. liaise up tho board
under the head of the bed, afore vou go,ly
and get the old black jug I hid from Dick,
and give us some whisky- -I know there's
some left yet. Dick, carry the gentleman's
horse round to the shed you'll find some
fodder and corn there. Give him as much
as he can eat. Durn ', stranger, if you
can't stay as long as you please, and I'll
give you plenty to eat and drink. Hurry,
old woman. It you can't find the butter
knife, take the cob-handle, or granny's
knife. Play away, stranger! you shall
sleep on the dry spot to-night.
After abou* two hours' fiddling and some
conversation, in which the squatter shows
characteristics, the stranger retires to
the dry spot."
05"There were probably never before so
large a number of artists in New York as"
at the present time, and there is great diffi
culty in finding an unoccupied room suita
ble for a studio. That nest of ajtists in
Tenth street called the studio which was
regarded a very wild speculation when it
was built, has not a vacant apartment in it
and the liberal proprietor of it, who built it
for the accomodation of artists, without any
anticipations of profit, is now receiving ten
per cent, on the capital invested.
The artists of the Studio buildings arc to
give exclusive receptions, in which no works
will be exhibited but those produced by the
cloistered occupants of tho building itself.
The exhibition-room is rather small for the
company generally invited, but as on these
occasions the artists illuminate their rooms
and receive their friends in their own. special
apartments, there is room enough for the
crowd and peculiar interest is imparted to
the occasion by the opportunity to see the
works that the artists have on their easels.
CoLouiNa MATTER FROM THE CHINESE
SUGAR CANE.—The Druggists' Circular says
that a carmine coloring matter is being ex
tracted from the expressed stem of the Chi
nese Sugar Cane, by a process dented in
Austria, and other German States. The
sorgho is pressed in the usual manner, and
the empty cane piled-up-under cover in reg
ular heaps, several feet high, and the fer
mentation is interrupted by drying. When
dry, the moss is ground sufficiently fine for
the extraction of the coloring matter. It is
covered in the proper vessels with cold soft
water, and allowed to stand for 12 hours
but little of the pigment dissolves during
that time. It is then drained, and after
wards tieated with a weak caustic, soda or
potash lye,. until this no longer' extracts
anything. This solution is carefully neu
tralized with sulphuric acid, thus precipita
ting the coloring matter in red flakes, which,
after settling, is washed with water, collect
ed on filters, and dried. This color dis
solves in alcohol, alkaline lyes, dilute acids,
&c, and is employed for the dying of silks
and woollens with the common tin mor
dants. The colors produced from it are
to be unchanged by light or by wash
ing with warm soap suds.
LOST
Traveler," is exceedingly popular at
the West and South, and originated from
the incidents of the following story—which
are exactly as related fifteen or twenty years
ago—by the author of the tune and story,
Col. S. C. Faulkner, of Arkansas
IN RED WING,
„, On Saturday,the 14th inst., a lady'sGolrf
Cham with a heart shaped slide and watch key.
attached, a cameo Masonic Fin, and a pair of
Ear Drops—whcit lost tbey Were in a jupanned
percussion cap box. They are all somewhat
worn and out of Aipuir". Any person returning
™»b»y« articles to this office, or to R. L.'
PHILLIPS Esq., Oentr«dVPointiwiM be suitably
ewarded.
January 20,1800, 181w3'
MORTGAGE
SALE.
Whereas default has been made in the'
condition ofa certain mortgage bearingdate on
the 26th day of March, A. D. 1859, made, exe
cuted and delivered by John W. Brown, and"
Mary, his wife, both of the city of Red Wing,
county of Goodhue, and State of Minnesota, to
Charles I. llolbrook, of the sameplace which
said mortgage was filed for record in the office'
of the Register of Deeds ofsaid county of Good
on the 2Gth day of March, A. D. 1859, a¥
4^ o'clock in the afternoon, and was dnly re
corded in Book six (0) of mortgages, on page
61 of th5 records of said county, in and by
which {(aid mortgage the said grantors bar
gained, sold and conveyed unto the said llol
brook, his heirs and assigns, the following Je»
scribed tract or parcei of land, lying and being
in said county of Goodhue, and described as
follows, viz: the west half of section two (8)
town one hundred and ten (110) north, ofrange
fifteen (15) west.
Which said mortgage* was executed and de
livered as at'eresaid to secure the payment'to
the sakr Holbrook of the sum of, one hundred
and seventy-seven dollars {§177), and interest
according to the condition o/ a certain prom
.misspry note made by the said John W. Brown,
.payable to the said llolbrook, for the said sum
of OKC hundred and seventy-seven dollars
$177), bearing date the said 26th day ofMarch,
A. U. 1.859, and due in six months thereafter.—
Upon which there is claimed to hi due, at the
date of the first publication of this notice, tho
sum of one hundred andeighty-one dollars and
ten cents (J1S1.10), and no suit or proceedings
at law or otherwise having been instituted or
had to recover the said debt orany part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that
in pursuance and by virtue of a power of sale
contained iu sai mortgage, and ot the statute
in such case made and provided, the mortgaged
premises abwve described will be sold at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for ca&h, by the
Sharilf of Goodlmu county, at the front door of
the Court House, in the city ofRed Wing, afore
said, on Monday, the fifth day of March, A.D.
lbt u. at tc-n o'clock in the forenoon, to pay and
satisly tho principal and interest due on said
note aiid secured by said mortgage, and tho
costs and expenses oi'said sale.
Dated, January 21»t-. IS-J0.
CHARLES I. HOLBliOOJv, Mortgagee.
W. Coi.YiJ.tj JR., Att'y. 16ltd
MORTGAGEdefault
SALE.
When
reu has been' made in the
payment of a certain mortgage, upon which,
there is claimed to be due at the date of the
publication of this notice, the sum of four hun
dred and niue dollars and fifty cen's ($409.5'.),).'
aod which said mortgage bears date the 24th
day of March A.D. 1«59, and was executed and
delivered by Robert W. Hamilton and Isabel
la E. Hamilton, his wifc, both then of Red
W:ng in the county of Goodhue and State of
Minnesota, to Charles I. llolbrook, then of the
samo place, and was recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds of said county of Go«d-"
hue on the 26th day ol March. A. D. Istt at
li)i o'clock, A. M., in booic six of mortgages
on patre sixty-four, and was given to se-iire
tho payment to the paid llolbrook of the sum'
of four hundred dollars, according to tho con
ditionspf a certain promissory note, made and
delivered by.the said Robert W" Hamilton to
the said llolbrook for the sum of four hundred^
dollars'and bearing even date with said mort
gage, and due in six months after said date-
and no suitor other proceedings at law having
been instituted to recover the amount due on
said- note and mortgage, or any part thereof.
Now, therefore,
liotioc is hereby given that in pursuance of the
power of sile in aid mortgage contained anJ
the statute in sach case made and provided,
the premises described in and covered Kv said
mortgage viz the southwest quarter ofsection1
twenty-nine (29).-in township number one htm
.Ircrl and twelve (112) north, of ranee number
seventeen (17) west, uisaidcouhty of Goodhue,
and lots numbered four (4) and rive (5). hv
block number sixteen (Ki). in the town (now
city) of lied Wing, in said county of Goo I hue
according to the recorded plat thereof-will be
sold at public auction by the Sheriff of said
county ol Gocdhue. at the front door of the:
Court House in said city of Ked \Vi«2. on Mon
day, thefifthday of March. A.D. is*), at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of tiat day. to the high
est bidder for cash, to satisfy the" amount then
due on said mortgage, and the costs ar.d expen
ses of said sale- l'ated. Red Wi-.jr, January'
21.-t.lS0O. CHARLES I. HOLBROOK.
W. CVLVIIX Jr.. Mortg gee.
Attorney. lSltdi
l/JORTGAGE SALE!
IfA Default haying been made in the condi
tions of a certain mortgage deed bearing date.
ant duly executed and delivered on f.e \l day
o. May. A. ". by Bonn A. Cox. of J»od
hue county. Minnesota, to Charles Thomas, of
me same place, which mortgage deed was du
recorded in the ollice of the Register of
Deeds of said comity, on the 3d dayof May,
A. i). IS5S, at 3 o'clock P. M. in book 4 ot mort
gage deeds, pages 306 and 007—and conveys
from said Cox to said Thomas, in fee. (subject
to defeasance on payment of the nte herein
after mentioned) th"e following premises, situ
ate in said county, to wit: All that tract or
parcel'of land lying and buing in the city of
Red Wing, described as follows: Commencing
at a point on the line between lots nine (9) and
ten (10), block forty-four (44), twenty-five
(li-ji feet from the alley running from thence
northerly betwven lots nine and ten, twentv
five feet thence westerly, parallel with the
alley to Broad street tlfence on the Hue of
Broad street southerly twenty-five feet: thence
easterly parallel with the alloy to the place of
commencement.. Said mortgage was made to
secue the payment of the promissorv note of
said Cox for the sum of two hundred dollars,
dated May :)d, A, 185S. payable one mouth
after date to the order of said Thomas, with
interest at the rate of fivc percent, per month
until paid.
No proceedings at law or otherwise having
been instituted to recover said mortgage debt
or any part thcrcef, and there being due on
said note and mortgage at the date of this no
tice, (interest after maturity computed at the
rate of seven per cent, per annum) the sum of
one hundred and twentv-thrce dollars and six
ty-seven cents ($123.67).
A'ow, therefore, notice is hereby given, that
in pursuance of the power of sale in said mort
gage deed contained, and of the statute in such
case made and provided, said mortgaged prem
ises will-be offered for sale at public auction,
in front o!" the Court House, in the city of Red
Whig, Goodhue county, Minnesota, on the
5th day of March, A. n. 1860, at 2 o'clock p. M.
ol said day, to satisfy the amount then due on
said mortgage debt, and the costs and expen
ses of sale. CHARLES THOMAS,
Mortgagee.
Dated at Red Wing, Minn.,Jan. 18, A.D. ISM.
WILDER .« WII.LIBTON,
Attorneys for Mortgagee. 181w(l
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BOSTON. MASS.-
A~U 1 O N
All persons are hereby cautioned against
purchasing or taking as a pledge or* other- so*
enrity, a land warrant No. 42,683for160 acres,
ssued in my name, and now, or latety, in tho
ojsession of Charles W. Beers, of Red Wing,
as my agent to locate the same.
JACOB DEMAREST.
Dec. 81,1859. 178-w6
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*V ducefor the stock of Goods at FOOT'S.
LOOKING
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